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Experimental Test of Escape Theory: Accessibility to Implicit Suicidal Mind
Author(s) -
Tang Junhua,
Wu Shengjun,
Miao Danmin
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/sltb.12021
Subject(s) - test (biology) , psychology , cognitive psychology , geology , paleontology
This study tested the Escape Theory prediction that individuals blaming themselves for failure experience increased accessibility to implicit suicidal mind. One hundred and thirty‐eight undergraduate medical students were randomly assigned to three groups: failure‐related priming, success‐related priming, and control. Following experimental conditions, participants completed a death/suicide I mplicit A ssociation T est. Results revealed significant differences between groups in accessibility to implicit suicidal mind. Furthermore, priming manipulation interacted with individual differences in locus of control ( LOC ). Significant differences in accessibility to implicit suicidal mind were observed in individuals with internal LOC , while effects of priming manipulation were eliminated in individuals with external LOC .